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Some simple steps to avoiding fiscal cliff
timr@herald-mail.comThis was my feeling before this whole fiscal cliff nonsense began: Please, raise my taxes. Before hyperventilating over that statement, understand that there were some conditions attached. And the first condition is that everyone stop talking about taxes...Tags: Finance, Republican Party, Economy, Business and Finance, Fiscal Cliff, Career and Workplace
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Letter to the Editor - Jan. 8
Free Trade Agreement hasn’t done what was promised To the editor: Despite some opposition from the congressional Democrats, President Obama signed the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with South Korea, Panama and Colombia. He declared that the agreement...Tags: Republican Party, Colombia, Parties and Movements, Politics, U.S. Congress
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W.Va.'s Manchin: Time to rethink gun legislation
Associated PressSen. Joe Manchin, an avid hunter and lifelong member of the National Rifle Association, says it’s time for all sides in the gun policy debate to move beyond the political rhetoric and begin an honest discussion about reasonable restrictions on...Tags: Joe Manchin III, Politics, New York City, Interior Policy, Hunting
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Movement seen in 'fiscal cliff' talks
Associated PressPresident Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner met at the White House on Monday in hopes of continuing to make progress on a plan to deal with the “fiscal cliff.” The meeting came after Boehner on Friday offered $1 trillion in...Tags: Republican Party, John Boehner, Parties and Movements, U.S. Department of Defense, Politics
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Obama chooses Hagel for defense secretary, Brennan to head CIA
Associated PressDespite Republican misgivings, President Barack Obama announced Monday he will nominate former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary, calling him “the leader our troops deserve.” He also chose White House counterterrorism...Tags: Espionage and Intelligence, John McCain, John Kerry, Central Intelligence Agency, Politics
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W.Va. Senate, House re-elect top leaders
Rick Thompson won his fourth term as speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates on Wednesday while the Senate stuck with President Jeff Kessler for the two-year Legislature, following an election that saw the majority Democrats lose at least some...Tags: Joe Manchin III, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Virginia General Assembly, Politics
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Mail Call - Jan. 4
“To the caller who recently said they were offended by the Christmas decorations at the Department of Motor Vehicles: I would like them to realize that this is a season for all beliefs to celebrate in the season, and the residents here in Washington...Tags: John McCain, Politics, Interior Policy, Barack Obama, Marine Toys for Tots Foundation
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Many area residents still dissatisfied with Congress
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comMembers of The House of Representatives worked past 11 p.m. Tuesday night to pass legislation to avoid the “fiscal cliff,” but many area residents still remained unsatisfied with Congress on Wednesday. “I think what we did was just a...Tags: Republican Party, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Parties and Movements, Fiscal Cliff, Unemployment Benefits
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Despite deal, federal taxes to rise for most Americans
Associated PressWhile the tax package that Congress passed New Year’s Day will protect 99 percent of Americans from an income tax increase, most of them will still end up paying more federal taxes in 2013. That’s because the legislation did nothing to...Tags: Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Employees, Politics, Career and Workplace
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Cliff avoided; Congress staves off income tax hikes for middle class
Associated PressPast its own New Year’s deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid a national “fiscal cliff” of middle class tax increases and spending cuts late Tuesday night in the culmination of a struggle that...Tags: Congressional Budget Office, Eric Cantor, Politics, Mitch McConnell, Dave Camp
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$5 million paid to Iraqis over Abu Ghraib
A defense contractor whose subsidiary was accused in a lawsuit of conspiring to torture detainees at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq has paid $5.28 million to 71 former inmates held there and at other U.S.-run detention sites between 2003 and 2007....
Tags: Military Justice, Litigation, Prisoners and Detainees, Politics, CACI International Incorporated
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Cliff averted, it's on to the next fiscal crisis
Associated PressOnward to the next fiscal crisis. Actually, several of them, potentially. The New Year’s Day deal averting the “fiscal cliff” lays the groundwork for more combustible struggles in Washington over taxes, spending and debt in the next...Tags: John Boehner, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, U.S. Department of Defense, Politics
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